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Kenya
Kenya's economy showing signs of recovery
Most of the economic indicators are starting to blink green after a record slump in April, but experts warn the country is not out of the woods yet.
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Australia
Facebook to restore Australia news pages after deal on media law
Facebook said Tuesday it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages after the government agreed to amend a world-first law requiring tech giants ...
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Regno Unito
COVID-19: Ndidi, Iwobi, Others To Isolate For 10 Days After Overseas Travel – UK Government
Super Eagles trio of Wilfred Ndidi, Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, and other professional footballers currently plies their trade in the English Premier League (EPL) and officials must now self-isolate for 10 days after any overseas trip — aside from training and matches — as part of new rules brought into ...
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Nigeria
The Miseducation Of The Nigerian Middle Class
By Dami ADEBAYO Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement has been hailed as a new generation’s attempt to challenge the status quo. Its ability to transform online disaffection by its youthful popula￾tion towards offline protests and di￾rect action has resulted in it being treated as the most formidable op￾position to the Buhariadministra￾tion. While this ...
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Nigeria
Tambuwal: Nigeria Is Great, Can Be Greater Through Unity
In the face of the intractable conflicts being witnessed across the country, Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has reaffirmed that the country is prominent and could be better if unity of all the federating units is cultivated and sustained. Gov. Tambuwal stated this while signing into law the ...
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Nigeria
Sokoto Hisbah Is Constitutional – Tambuwal
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has explained that the new Hisbah Commission in the state should not be perceived as a legalistic gimmick intent on fostering anything other than the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on residents of the State. Gov. Tambuwal stated this while signing ...
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Nigeria
BY BUKOLA IDOWU and OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos As Nigerians bask in the euphoria of the country’s exit from recession, economic analysts have warned that the nation may relapse into recession except the government takes stringent measures. Data released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last week broke the ...
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Nigeria
Digitisation Of Birth, Death Registration
The registration of births and deaths in Nigeria is one of the responsibilities of the National Population Commission (NPC). It has the statutory powers to collect, analyze and disseminate demographic data in the country among other functions. Birth registration is the process of recording a child’s birth. It is a ...
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Nigeria
FG, UN, Hail Nigeria’s HIV Response
BY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA, Abuja The federal government, UNAIDS and other stakeholders have hailed the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for sustaining the country’s HIV response even in the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, who gave the ...
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Nigeria
Workers Clash Imminent In CAC As NLC, TUC Affiliates Plan Showdown Â
By Michael Oche, Abuja Business activities at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) headquarters may be disrupted beginning from Wednesday as affiliate unions of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the Commission plan for a showdown. The two unions in the Commission are the Senior Staff Association ...